Egypt Media Roundup (May 29)

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Egypt`s tourist visitors up 49 pct year-on-year in March The number of tourists visiting Egypt during March 2017 increased by almost forty-nine percent compared to the same month last year, recording 654,900 tourists compared to 440,700 tourists in March 2016, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics announced on Monday.

Hassm denies intention to target foreign nationals in Egypt Militant group Hassm denied an intention to target foreign nationals in Egypt in a statement published on Thursday, one day after the United States Embassy in Cairo issued a warning to US nationals regarding a possible imminent attack by the group.

أهالي «منشأة ناصر»: إحنا أولى من المستثمر Residents of al-Razzaz and al-Nour streets in Manshiyet Nasser refuse to leave their homes after being targeted by forced eviction campaigns led by the government since 2009.